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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-29
THE BOILER BURST.
A Number OF People Injured in a Mil
waukee Hotel.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Nov. 2S.-At the Kir-
by House this morning boiler used for
heating water exploded. entirely wrecking
the rear of the building, burying number
of people beneath the ruins, fatally wound
ing several and, it is feared, killing others
outright
One end of the dining room was wrecked,
all the tables being knocked over and the
dishes smashed. Many of the guests had
finished breakfast. As far as known none
of them was hurt. The kitchen of the hotel
was completely wrecked. There was about
dozen girls in the room at the time and all
were buried beneath mass Of brick and
mortar. Five girls were taken out of the ru-
ins so badly injured that doctor could not
tell whether they were alive or not. The
head cook is missing, also the assistant cook.
A girl employed in bindery across the al
ley was badly cut about the head by flying
glass. Mr.. Beckwith, one of the proprietors
of the hotel, was knocked down by flying
missiles.
The firemen got water upon the ruins in
time to extinguish the flames, which started
before they had gained much headway. The
accident was probably caused by the freez-
ing of the feed pipe supplying the boiler
with water. Those whose injuries are the
most serious are Mary Arbuckle, Anna Ken
nedy and Carrie Olsen, all of whom are ter
ribly burned, in addition to the bruises
which they received. The following were
also injured: Maggie Doran, Mary Kraeger,
kitchen girls, and Alice Burke, pantry girl
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NOT KINGS EVIL
Affairs in Samoa,

SAN Francisco, Nov. 2s.-A correspond
ent, writing from Apia, Samoa, under date
of Nov. 7th, reports the arrival of the Unit
ed States war ship Adams at the islam on
Oct. 10Th. The correspondent says: "It was
significant to watch the delighted express
sions of the Samoans, and hear them say
how glad they were. Friendly relations
were at once established between the Samo-
ans and American officers and native dances
were given in honor of the visitors. The
first meeting of the native legislature under
Tamasese, took place Oct. 18th. The behav-
ior of the natives did not indicate any de-
narture from their position that they do not
submit to Tamasese, but to the Germans.
THE proceedings at the parliament were con-
sistent with the German policy.
ssGermans read the law as 1T was to be,and
there was an end of it. No one was allowed
10 discuss the tax which was announced. A
tax of 81 per head was announced, win nne
and imnrisonment if not paid in full. NOW,
fo get money to pay this tax the Samoans
will have to borrow or mortgage their land.
The Germans know this, and they are threat
ening the natives with punishment by mem
of-war If they do not mortgage 10 German
traders.
'On the day before the assembling Oh tne
legislature, chief named Tamasen, was ar
rested on charge of theft and put IN prIson'
The real cause of this action was that ram
asen had said he was glad there was an
American man-of-war coming, ana tnlS nau
been reported to the magistrate. Tamasen
was released from prison by the American
Consul General, who severely rebuked the
magistrate"
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AtIanta's Fight For Whiskey.

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 27-The prohibition
fight furnished many funny incidents, but
the funniest case was that of a negro named
Lewis Taylor. whose terribly enlarged jaw
was his excuse for waking DIR. Dan Howell
at o'clock this morning. He was suffering
considerable pain, and he did not know what
brought it about, he was terribly scared. An
examination showed that there had been no
bruise or blow, but that the fellows jaw had
been dislocated by opening his mouth too
wide. He was an anti-prohibitionist and
had put in the evening yelling for joy. HIS
Joy was turned to sadness
The day after the battle was the calm af-
ter the storm. The election has been the
sole topic of conversation, however. The
result will be formally declared at noon to-
day, and, under Supreme Court decisions of
two years ago, the law goes into effect at
once. The council has absolute control in
the matter of license, and a great deal of
interest is felt in the probable action Of that
body. A special session has been called for
tomorrow afternoon. The council is prohi-
bition in its complexion. A careful canvass
of the situation shows that the council is
likely to fix the license at $1,000. The anti
prohibitionists in the council are high license
men, and they, with the other anti-leaders
would like to see the license fixed at $1,000.
The antis are not sorry that the responsible.
ity of the action, whatever it may be, will
the ministers referred to in the fight in their
sermons yesterday. but none lshowed bitter
ness. They all urged the reuniting of the
people for the good of the city and the re-
stricting under strong laws of the liquor
traffic
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DR.. PFNTEcosT's PAY.
Interesting Controversy Between the
Evangelist and Rev. Mr.. Thacher.

AUGUSTA, Me-, Nov. 28.-Rev. George f.
Pentecost, the well known evangelist,
formerly pastor of the Warren Avenue Bap-
tist church, Boston, and for seven years in
the pulpit of the Tompkins Avenue Congre-
gational church, Brooklyn, ;ame to Augusta
by invitation little over three weeks ago
and opened revival services in the South
Congregational church, being assisted by
Mr.. annd Mrs. Stebbins of Brooklyn, N. Y,
who conducted the music. The other evan
gelical churches and their pastors united in
the work, and large numbers of people have
attended nightly. After laboring about a
week the following item appeared in the
Daily Kennebec Journal:
"Rey Dr. Pentecost was paid by the churches
1928 46 for the six weeks he labored at Cleye-
land, o."
On investigation it appeared that this item
had been sent to the Journal office by Rev.
p. S. Thacher. the pastor of the Unitarian
church in Augusta, and one of the most
eminent divines of this denomination in the
State The item created much comment in
the city, the enemies of the meetings charg-
ing that Mr. Pentecost came here for the
remuneration he received. The evangelist
then directed the following letter to Mr..
Thaeher:
NAV ask what your motive was in sending to
The Journal the item in regard to the amount of
money received by me in Cleveland? The editor
of The Journal called upon me Saturday and re-
pudated it, and said that you had handed it in
with your religious notice. He apologized for the
insertion etc. / am curious to know what your
object was; doubtless you Will pardon my curl
osity.
Mr. Thacher replied:
When heard of the great pecuniary sacrifice
Won had made in order to enter upon your evan.
9eistic work / admired your disnterestedness
and so expressed myself TO a brother minister.
He replied it is reported that two wealthy men in
New York have guaranteed him $4,000 year in
addition to what he received from the churches.
This statement induced me to write TO Cleveland.
The report OF the con committee s was sent stating
were there. This included collection of S17S.46
taken up in the churches and given to you; Ny
others see 1t.
Last evening at the opening of the services
DR.. Pentecost, before delivering his sermon,
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related the circumstance of the publication
of the item in the local paper and reviewed
Mr.. Thacher's course He asserted that it
was none of the Unitarian diyine's business.
or anybody else's, what he received from the
churches He was not in the work to make
money, for he gave up pastorate which
paid him $4,000 year. and during his five
years labors in the evangelistic field he had
not In any one year received half that
amount. 1t was not customary to ask re-
muneration of the churches, and he received
what they were pleased to give him. He
characterized Mr.. Thacher as busybody
who was meddling with that which was none
of his business, and he could relieve that
gentleman's mind by informing him that he
should not call on him for funds He
charged the Unitarian minister with snug
Cling the item into print to injure the re-
vival work. The large congregation was
wrought up to high pitch of feeling during
these remarks, and today there is no small
amount of excitement over the matter in the
city.
Mr. Thacher says he had no intention of
smuggling the item into the paper. but SUBJ
mitted it to the editor, as he supposed. He
should not have written the item, he said,
had Mr. Pentec0st been an ordinary travel
ing preacher, but as he was public man he
was open to criticism. Mr.. Thachers Cleve-
land correspondent was DR.. Hosmer. a Uni
tartan clergyman, and the latter through a
sermon criticised DR.. Pentecost's work in
that city
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UNDER THE RED FLAG.
The Kind of Talk Which Leads to
Disturbance and Riot.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-Cooper Unions
great hall was filed tonight with mass
m Getting of the German Federation Of Trades
In memory of the executed Anarchists. The
stage was decorated with black and red, and
portraits of Spies and his associates, draped
in black, were displayed. The American
flag was not visible. The band played
dirge and the Marseillaise, and Anarchistic
literature was industriously hawked about.
The police were not seen, but an abundant
reserve was near by, and detectives mingled
in the audience. Sergiuse Schevitch, editor
of the now defunct Leader, the Socialistic
organ. was the principal speaker. He said
the occasion was not one for applause or
weeping, but 1t was time to think and pre-
pare for action; time TO ask now those
men lived, They lived with one idea, and
died like heroes and martyrs. The yermin
that murdered them were too c0wardly TO let
them live. A quarter of a century ago, John
Brown, q native American, was lynched, and
four years later, half nation was marching
on with his soul majority Of the people
do not see that much of the terrible respon-
sibility rests on the press. [Hissesl The
United States was thea only country.on the
globe where the press attempted to influence
the outcome of criminal trial. In all other
countries the press silently lets justice take
its course. He denounced the newspapers
as despicable towards. The foreigners in
the country were the Jay Goulds, the Van
derbilts and the Russell Sages. The red flag
means to put a stop to the shedding of blood;
to put stop to the condition Of those who
work but cannot enjoy, and those who do
not work but do enjoy. The blood on that
flag is the blood of thousands and millions
slaughtered for the.1ag. 1t is drenched in
the blood of victims. Let the blood of the
Anarchists cry out throughout the world,
and the time is not far distant when ma
tional monument will be raised to their mem-
ory.
Crying for Revenge.
CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 2s.-The Anarchists
have prepared revenge circular for distri-
button among the workingmen here, headed
with the single word Flight" Itdenounces
the Anarchists trial and execution. and de-
clares that nothing but force will win.
1t urges 'the preparation for revo-
luton" whoever will join u.s." says
| the circular, must take all the consequences
upon himself and be ready to sacrifice
everything for the cause, even his life."
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GEN ERAL NEWS.

The grocery store, barn and shed Of Jona-
than Rollins, at North Hampton, and two
box cars filed with freight standing on the
Eastern railroad track burned this morning.
Loss $4,000.
The citizens convention In Boston last
night nominated Nathaniel j. Bradlee for
mayor.
James Hancock of Princeton College, the
foot ball team umpire, Thanksgiving day, in
in the Yale-Harvard game, denies the charge
of having money up on the game.
The first Of two days series Of readings
from their own works began in New York
yesterday by James Russell Lowell, Mark
Twain, Edward Egglest0n, II. II. Stoddard,
III. Bunner, James Whitcomb Riley, and
George w. Gable. to raise money in aid of
the securing of an international copyright
law. There was a large and fashionable
audience.
The Montgomery, Ala, Touring mills
burned last night; loss, $4,000; insurance,
100000.
1.-The mayor of Lincoln, Neb., and eleven
members Of the council are in Jail for con-
tempt of court in violating an Injunction.
The case will go before the United States
Supreme Court
Omaha, Neb., has raised 100000 towards
securing the Republican national conv ention
there next year.
The English peace delegates addressed a
meeting in Camden, N. j., last evening.
Resolutions were adopted favoring arbitra-
tion.
The New York Herald has raised its price
from two to three cents.
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COLD WEATHER OUT WEST.
The Mercury Drops a Number of De-
grees Below Zero.

ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. ga cold wave
reached here Saturday night. and at a. m.
Sunday the mercury had fallen to ten de
grees below zero.
PUEBLO, Col, Nov 28.-No trains from
the East have reached here over the Santa
Fe road since Saturday They are blocked
by heavy snow drifts near Dodge City, Kan
saS.
LACROSSE, Wis, Nov. 2S-The ice stopped
running in the Mississippi river last night,
known. The thermometer was 20 below last
night.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 2S.-The city ayoke
this morning ice bound. The freezing wind
was unexpected and caused much discomfort.
At 9 o'clock last night the thermometer was
six above. At a. m. 1t was two above and
the sun shone brightly.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, Nov. 2S.-The despatch
es say the thermometer was down to six
above yesterday. At Moweaqu, ILL.,, there
was a fall of forty degrees in three days.
Galena, ILL.,. reports 10 below last night. and
Springfield says that fall took place in
twenty-four hours of 43 degrees. At Mar
shall, the mercury fell 40 degrees in the same
period.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 2S.-The minimum
temperature last night was 16o below zero.
At Z the Thermometer registered 16o, below.
and within an hour it dropped to 22o. The
coldest place in the United States last night
was Fort Buford where 1t was 28o below.
Bismarck came next at 24o below. The cold
is abating all over the northwest.
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uNioNisTs WANT a SHOW.
Novel Measures Proposed by Dissatis-
fled Nova scotians.
British and Canadian Commissioners
Being unfavorabIe to Them,
They Propose to Co to Washington to
Present Their Case.

HALIFAX, Nov. 2S.-The advocates of CON-
mercial union in Nova Scotia are about to
take novel step to present their case before
the International Commission. now sitting at
Washington and subsequently to Congress,
itself. They allege that large majority of
the people favor commercial union and that
the commercial unionists are unrepresented
before the commission, all the British COM
missioners being opposed to that scheme
They believe commercial union to be attain
able now as the basis of the settlement of
the fisheries dispute and realize that if the
fisheries question is settled on its own merits
that Commercial Union is effcctually killed.
Therefore. if commercial union is not adopt
ed they prefer to see the Commission end in
fiasco The Chronicle, the organ of the
Provincial government SAYS: "If unrestric-
ted trade with the United States is obtain
able, it would be to the Maritime Provinces,
and especially to Nova Scotia, such source
of wealth and prosperity as could not be
equaled by any other trade movement that
one can conceive Of 1t would mean in.
creased value in prosperity, quickly stimu-
lated trade, an enormous development of
the great natural sources of wealth now ly-
ing dormant in our rich little province"
The Chronicle points out that the un-
trammelled voice of the Canadian people is
not heard at Washington, where as both
American parties are represented on the
United States side, 1t demands that a delega-
tion of Liberal leaders Immediately proceed
to Washington to urge the views of the COM
mercial unionists, first before the Com
mission and if they are refused hearing,
as they undoubtedly will be, then to demand
that they shall be heard by the United States
Congress-
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relephonIc PecuIIarItIes.

The Electric Review contains the follow
ing communication from Mr.. i. II. Farnham,
the former manager Of the telephone c0mDa-
ny in Portland. Mr.. Farnham says the
events recorded occurred In Portland in 1879.
and should such result be produced today
they would be looked on as valuable as well
as interesting:
'In the summer of seventy-nine, my resi-
dence was connected with the telephone ex-
change Of the Western Union Company,
through distance Of half a mile Of line,
with two stations intervening.
Among other experimental Instruments,
used at my house q double wooden case hand
telephone Of quite ordinary construction.
The coil differed from that In the regular
Bell telephone, only in .havlng somewhat
greater length Of wire, and in being wound
upon thin brass spool, so as TO bring the
cOnvOutions OF wire nearer tne core tnan
wooden spool; the permanent magnet was a
SINGLE straight, round bar, extending
through the coil 10 the diaphragm.
This telephone, when receiving from one
particular Edison transmitter, located at
central, reproduced the speech very loudly
and with great distinetness.
On one occasion. when showing the In
strument to a telephone friend, walked
away from II to distance OF thirty hve feet,
there being two rooms and hallway be-
tween myself anu WAit4C
my friend held the telephone | was able to
repeat to him all that was spoken at the
central office. -
For further trial Of its capabilities, my
wife entered an adjoining room and stood at
a distance of at least fifteen feet from the
telephone, with the door closed between the
rooms, and repeated, not single or expected
words, but entire sentences, correctly.
What the peculiarities were, In either In
strument, sufficientto account for such re-
markaDle results in their combined use, We
could not discover the transmitter used be-
ing an Edison, of apparently the usual con-
struetiOn, operated by two jars Of gravity
battery. Other experiments showed that
these results could only be obtained when
this particular transmitter and telephone
were worked together.
Such exceptional cases as that related by
Mr.. Smith, and this one, would, think, at
tract still more wonder and fstudy II occur
ring at the present time.
/. II. FARNuAM.
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THE NEW LOCOMOTIVE.
THE STATE.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.

The Van Buren, Shingle Company shut
down their mill at Van Buren, Saturday
night after having sawed between 22,OOO,OOO
and 23 1000, 600 shingles. This is ian extensive 0
seasons WORK. and the amount sawed is more
than the whole quantity sawed either on the
Kennebec, the st. Croix OF at Ellsworth. The
freshet in the spring put the operators at the
mill back a month In which time 2,OOOOOO
more would have been raised.
The Caribou "Y's" held a "Milkmaid's
Carnival" the 18th inst, which resulted in
nice little sum of S51. The "Y's" are wide
awake and fiourishing and have circulating
library in view.
The Congregational Ladies' Aid Society Of
Caribou are to hold bazaar December LIST
and ID Much interest is manifested and
gratifying amounts will no doubt be re-
ceived.
On Friday morning Nov. 25th, about five
o'clock, fire was discovered in q building
owned by b. II. Towle at Sherman Mills, and
occupied by him as a tannery and shop for
the manufacture Of boots, shoes and har-
nesses. The building and stock entire were
consumed, the loss being about $1,000
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
Mrs. Sarah Hubbard Of Hallowell, widow
of the late Gov. Hubbard. was 81 years old
last March, but enjoys fairly good health.
She keeps house by herself.
Hon. S. w. Carr, a member Of the State
Republican Committee, contemplates form
ing young mems Republican club at his
home in Bowdoinham.
The new stained glass windows for st.
GATHERINGS Chapel, in Augusta, designed
and executed by Mr.. Charles Booth Of Lon
don and New York, have been placed in pO-
sition. BY a singular coincidence they were
erected ON ST. Catharine's day, Nov. "A. On
the north and south sides they are Of cathe-
dral glass, of which the colors are so dis
posed as TO present an arched appearance
from the interior. A very pleasant effect Is
produced by the harmonious arrangement OF
the exceedingly delicate tints Of blue, amber,
green and rose-colored glass.
PENoBscor COUNTY.
Col. Victor Brett has appointed Sergt-
Mai. Sewall NJ. Brown of Bangor, adjutant,
to succeed Capt. l.. s. Chilcott.
Coburn Hall, the new building at the
Maine State College has been all rooted in
and work Is now being done on the interior.
The work is progressing well and the hall
will be a very handsome one when 1t Is COM
pleted, which will be before next commence
ment when it will be dedicated. The new
water and sewer system, which has been in
troduced on the college grounds has been
completed.
sAGADAH0C COUNTY.
The organization Of the Bath Missionary
and Charitable Association was perfected
Friday evening with the election of the fol-
lowing officers: President, Galen Q. Moses;
yice-presidents, Mai. Thomas Harvard.
secretary, +. III. Low; treasurer, III. A.
Duncan; auditor, +. w. Weeks; board OF
managers, Reuben ). Hunt, John g. Rich
ardson, James w. Wakefield, Joseph Var
ney, Joseph M. Hayes, DIR. X. ID. Bibber and
James G. Ledyard.
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The Most Trial.

New YORK, Nov 2S.-The trial of Johann
Most, the Anarchist, was resumed today.
The court room was thronged, and many
women were present. Frederick Harting,
the first witness called, testified that he
went into the saloon, in the rear of which
Most was making his speech, and, attracted
by curiosity, went into the meeting held
there. He said Most did not use the violent
language charged against him. He had never
seen Most before, and was not an Anarch-
ist, but yet might become one.
Gustav Turpe, a manufacturer of worsted
goods testified that the presiding officer was
Segultz, not Schenk, as shown by the prose-
cution. Most's speech began with the word
"burghers," or citizens. Most blamed
George and Powderly for the execution of
their Chicago brethren, saying that if they
had done their duty it would not have hap
pened. Some one cried out: Revenge"
when Most said Oglesby was murderer for
refusing to pardon the men, and he said, st
is not time yet. The teeth of the capital
ist beast are sharpening and glistening, and
its eyes are bulging and looking wildly for
fresh victims A few years will pass and
then there will be an accounting" The wit
ness remembered other parts of Most's
speech of similar purport and concluded
with the assertion that Most made no
threats.